Equipment on the cot?

[shade]

8) What equipment do you take in on the cot on each call? We run a BLS service with ALS capabilites and I'm just curious how others equip their cots for calls. We carry a; pillow, Airway bag, Zoll table, sheet and blanket. Then under the head there is a pouch with 2pr. of med gloves, 2 pr of large gloves, 3 quick straps, a nasal cannula, a nrb, and a soft stretcher. Course an o2 bottle at the foot. This isn't meant to be a criticize session, just curious how others equip their cots. Thanks for the replies!!!

[MrSpykes]

We have sheet, blanket, towel, pillow and pillow case, O2 bottle. We used to have one of those vinyl zippered things to for gloves but we took it off after a bad trauma because it was a pain to clean it completely. Our cot is a Stryker, its one of the H-frame style one man cots with an IV pole.

[1EMT-P]

A blanket, pillow, sheet, small oxygen tank with very basic airway supplies.

[Timmy]

It just depends on the call as to what gear we take, if its cardiac then we’d take the defib and 02, neck pain, collars and spine board, minor abrasion, packet of bandaids. We mostly carry blankets and pillows on the bed and just take what we need.

[kyle308]

o2 tank some gloves a NRB and a nasal canula, and all your bed dressings, but when you fold the cot out it has a cart on the bottom so we throw a jump kit on there

[flight-lp]

All of our jump bags are stored on the stretcher and are ready for any call. We carry the Zoll monitor, our airway bag, our critical care bag (which includes our pedi bag), and an extra O2 tank with regulator mounted on the stretcher. Basically, everything except our portable suction (which is kept on the charger) and nitrous tank (usually not needed on a scene, given enroute).

[Dustdevil]

The big heavy arse ALS bag goes on all patients. It contains all meds, IVs, O[sub:ddd849df3b]2[/sub:ddd849df3b]/intubation/BVM/ventilator, and diagnostic equipment. The monitor goes in on most all patients, unless it is trauma or we pull up right next to the patient. The trauma bag (no ALS supplies) goes occasionally. No often. We do not take a pillow, or sheet unless it is known to be indicated. Never been cold enough for a blanket here... yet.

We certainly do not leave all that crap strapped to the cot all day long. Half the time, you are treating somebody right next to the truck, or at some other location that it is not advisable to immediately unload the cot, and I don't want to have to crawl up in the ambo just to get my equipment out.

And, of course, that crap does not get strapped down with the patient. The patient goes on the cot, or the equipment goes on the cot. Not both. And this idiocy of sticking an O[sub:ddd849df3b]2[/sub:ddd849df3b] bottle between somebody's legs is quite possibly the stupidest thing I see done by medics who should know better.

[AnthonyM83]

We're BLS:

-Extra sheet to cover patient

-O2 tank secured to bottom of gurney

-Clipboard for non 911 calls

-Adult NRB

If first on scene, jump bag with airways, BVM, BP cuff, trauma stuff.

Wish we had a compartment to store extra stuff.

[Dustdevil]

Wish we had a compartment to store extra stuff.

On the cot?

[AnthonyM83]

Yeah...like the pouch Shade mentioned...or maybe a basket type thing...small one...just for extra gloves...maybe a BP cuff and stethoscope or NC or c-collar.

Things we might use even if FD is already on scene.